Going to write no matter what...

Okay, so I have decided as a stay-at-home mom, I am going to continue my writing. I have wrote many articles for the church's newspaper within the last two weeks. This is one of them, titled "A Man."


A man walks into the church and decides the law he serves means half the congregation has to be prosecuted, tortured and ultimately killed. The brother or sister sitting next to you on the pew that has shared funny stories, prayed with you and helped you in your time of need is gone in a second with a single gunshot wound to the head; killed for the actions of their belief in Jesus Christ.

The man you now look at is the one who took the life of a loved one, a man who encouraged the torture proceeding death. Would you be able to look at this man with forgiveness? This is my modern-version of Paul before God called him, set him apart and sent him to witness of the gospel. (Read the book of Acts to gain further insight to God’s version of Paul.)

God is capable through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ to make a new creature out of what we might have already deemed trash or of no use. See, God isn’t the Creator for simply the first 6 days He was at work when the world began. He is still miraculously creating something new in the souls of those who repent and make a turn toward striving to behave in the manner of our Savior.

It’s hard to say we, without hesitation, would look on the man described above with loving forgiveness. Most believers are unable to look past a dirty comment said years ago, an unwed mother, or even how someone is dressed without judgment.
Judgment is defined as the forming of an opinion, estimate, notion, or conclusion, as from circumstances presented to the mind.

First, we are NOT the author and finisher of someone’s faith. We do NOT write the conclusion to someone’s story. Second, we can only see the world from the perspective of our mind. We do NOT penetrate with a vision of the soul and heart. Of course, while we are limited in this way, God still calls us to reach others with the Gospel.

We can take Paul’s life example as direction for a basic way in teaching others about the Gospel. Paul simply told people where he was, where God changed him, and where God was leading him.

Paul is given a chance to speak while on trail in Acts chapter 26.
Acts 26: 10-18
10) Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
11) And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
12) Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13) At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
14) And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
15) And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16) But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
17) Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18) To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

This is the testimony given by Paul to represent the Lord in an immense way.

While Jesus Christ is the one we work to become like, through Christ, Paul is an inspiration to those who we may have judged in our mind of having no hope left. No matter how awful the one you know can be, Jesus can be their Savior and appear to them for a purpose. And, as the Lord has already called us, we are to continue to share the Gospel according to how Jesus became our Savior with His purpose in our lives.

A Child

Coming in, I tell her to get a book. She scurries over to sit next to me, making multiple trips for each of her necessities including the blanket, baby doll and book. She rarely pays much attention to the words I read as she points to miscellaneous objects across the thick card board pages.
Once the final page is turned, she willingly gives her goodnight kiss and hugs. She collects her items and ruffles across the bed, nestles her head on the pillow and her body snug in the covers. She is ready for "night-night."
I am at awe as I give my last "I love you," before lights out and closing the door. This most precious, innocent and heart-touching child is mine.
Whether it is a burst of laughter, as she runs in circles yelling, "I dizzy," and falling to the floor, or the mischievous look in the corner of her eyes when she is proceeding to capture your attention, this child allows me to feel a sense of life not otherwise possible.
Late in the afternoons I have found myself walking through the living room simply staring at her framed photos. I see absolute perfection in its purity resting in the face of a child representing her parents in many attributes, but more importantly, an image of God, the Creator.
Then, I think to myself, I wonder if God feels this way when looking at His children. That the perfection I see in my daughter is the same perfection He sees while looking at me with His complete vision of love.
As a young woman, I prayed for God to allow me one thing on earth, just one thing. I prayed to know the love of a mother for her child. It is this love; I believe is the closest I will ever come to understanding how God's love works in our lives.
Love is such a wide web of intricate facets with one more complicated than the next. I dare not say I have figured the verb's distinct meaning in every realm of its existence. But I can say, I have a deeper understanding for the reason why God might have lovingly wrote the Scripture Matthew 18:3.
Except ye be converted, and be as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven
It is in a child that one can find pure innocence and true love.